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When teams avoid talking about automation anxiety

My department is implementing new software and half the team is excited about the efficiency gains while the other half is worried about job security but we're all pretending this is just a technical decision. The people who are scared won't say it directly and the people who are excited keep dismissing concerns as resistance to change.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Fear about technological displacement is fracturing a team along lines no one will acknowledge openly.

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